Bill Text: IA HF2236 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the provision of Medicaid coverage and services to certain inmates under the Medicaid program.(See HF 2565.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-19 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2565. [HF2236 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2236-Introduced.html
House
File
2236
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2236
BY
LOHSE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
provision
of
Medicaid
coverage
and
1
services
to
certain
inmates
under
the
Medicaid
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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H.F.
2236
Section
1.
MEDICAID
WAIVER
——
PROVISION
OF
COVERAGE
AND
1
SERVICES
TO
CERTAIN
INMATES.
The
department
of
health
and
2
human
services
shall
submit
a
request
to
the
centers
for
3
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
4
of
health
and
human
services
for
a
waiver
pursuant
to
the
5
Medicaid
reentry
section
1115
demonstration
opportunity,
6
created
pursuant
to
section
5032
of
the
federal
Substance
7
Use-Disorder
Prevention
that
Promotes
Opioid
Recovery
and
8
Treatment
for
Patients
and
Communities
Act,
or
SUPPORT
for
9
Patients
and
Communities
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
115-271,
to
provide
10
coverage
and
services
to
facilitate
continuity
of
care
and
11
improve
care
transitions
to
the
community
for
individuals
12
who
are
soon
to
be
former
inmates
of
a
public
institution,
13
as
inmate
of
a
public
institution
is
defined
in
42
C.F.R.
14
§435.1010,
and
who
are
otherwise
eligible
for
Medicaid.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
19
services
(HHS)
to
submit
a
request
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
20
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
21
health
and
human
services
for
a
waiver
pursuant
to
the
federal
22
Medicaid
reentry
section
1115
demonstration
opportunity
to
23
provide
Medicaid
coverage
and
services
to
facilitate
continuity
24
of
care
and
improve
care
transitions
to
the
community
for
25
individuals
who
are
soon
to
be
former
inmates
of
a
public
26
institution,
and
who
are
otherwise
eligible
for
Medicaid.
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